Sounds like obstruction of justice.
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Sounds like the continuation of a coup.
Sounds like more individuals to indict with RICO charges
Is it RICO if these are all separate people committing crimes of their own accord?
I'm not a lawyer, but from the way the indictment was written it sounded like it was the mission that included you in the group, not the main person.
That's how RICO works: you don't have to have committed the actual crime, but if your actions materially contributed to the commission of the crime, that's considered pretty much the same thing.
The Georgia GOP is going to get itself caught up in federal RICO charges at this rate.
I wonder how that would work.
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If it's done to perpetuate a conspiracy, maybe
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It's never stopped after all.
Retaliation is a crime.
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Lol. Bruh. She didn't just indict him because she wanted to and for no reason, she had evidence of crimes committed by the dude and his monkeys. He was indicted by a grand jury. The "wrong person"? We are playing Mafia now? Wtf
Yes they are. Kemp seems to have had all sorts of tricks up his sleeve to suppress voters. This "no you can't prosecute our people" committee is no great surprise to me.
The GOP will stop at nothing to ensure they can do whatever the fuck they want. Across the board in every way they can imagine they threaten to further degrade and eventually destroy democracy. For them, Russia is a model of what they're going for.
When does the whole second amendment kick in and people start using it to defend against authoritarian governments?
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We already know from Pudding Rob's actions in Florida that these kind of laws are going to be used to:
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Allow the executive or legislative branches to override the judiciary, thereby functionally eliminating the separation of powers
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Override democracy by removing duly elected officials at the sole discretion of one person (Florida), or by another unelected body (Georgia)
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Create a legal fiefdom where the executive or legislative branches can determine the outcome of judicial matters through sheer fiat by removing prosecutors who do not align with their intended outcomes, and then hand selecting those who do
Party of "Law and Order" my fucking ass.....
That's because "law and order" always meant "arrest black people".
That’s completely unfair.
They’re happy to indiscriminately arrest brown people too.
They arrest Brown, murder Black.
As well as LGBTQ people, and anyone else in the "out group".
Law and order is, and was always, just another tool in their arsenal to be used against their opponents. It has never been about fairness or justice to them.
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And that governor is responsible for that law. Kemp fucked us.
They will remove her probably try get her charged and then work to have someone who will make this case go away.
If this happens and the people of Georgia or hell all of us to rise up and put stop to it.
Then might as well hand the country over to the fascist because that would have won.
This must not be allowed. But I knew the GOP would find away to protect Trump.
There is no honor- none whatsoever- in the Republican party.
They want power, and they will destroy any good person who stands in their way.
Disgusting.
There hasn't been for a very, very long time.
GOP - All obstruction, all the time
Oh, I'm pretty sure the P stands for projection, because they do plenty of that as well.
They can't even start accepting complaints under this new law until next July, then it's a complicated process with two different panels of former prosecutors/judges, a number of whom are appointed by the not-particuarly-pro-Trump governor. It'll definitely be used to punish prosecutors for not prosecuting drug/abortion/etc crimes the way they want them to, but it's going to be too slow + indifferent + late to affect Willis.
I'm sure the GOP will find a way to make this one happen faster. Long before Trump can be tried.
Well not under this law, anyway - if they "find a way" it would be through some totally different method.
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Thank you for pointing out this context.
Can you give me some sources for this it's not that I don't believe you but want to read about it because it has me worried
Here's the actual bill text:
No complaint shall be filed before July 1, 2024.
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Expected outcome from the minute the law was passed. We'll see how far it gets...
Of course they are. I love how Trump and the GOP claim to be innoncent….yet they try and stop the prosecution. If you are innocent, just present the evidence.
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criminals cover up for one another every chance they get
I don't know that they have the votes to actually do this, even if one guy on a Facebook post said he wanted to.
If they did do it, the real question is how this duly elected official gets replaced. If it's a special election I'd disagree with them doing it but at least the voters get representation. If it's an appointment by the GovernornI think there are actual constitutional issues with the law since it denies the constituents the ability to elect their own DA...but that would also put a Republican in charge of the case so it seems plausible they would write it that way.
Ron Desantis is running like a bulldozer over Florida, I hope the federal government would step in. They seem to be trying to take a hands off approach and letting it sort out. I'm not sure that's a great approach as we watch our states get taken over by fascists. This happened after the civil war so I guess there's a chance we can get it back? That took a long time though.
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Obstruction of Justice
Thats right Georgia. Republicans have told you who to vote for if you want your independence and freedom. Michigan just recently realized this.
GOP is grasping at straws in Tennessee too, for all to see. Justin Pearson, previously censured, posts reels of every nefarious act they try. It bears watching and supporting.
This doesn't mean that the trial can be shitcanned, does it?
If Fani Willis can't escape this and it means she burned her career to do the right thing, somebody oughtta crowdfund a bunch of money for her so she has some cushioning.
If she's replaced by the governor, yeah they could drop the case. I just doubt they'd be able to replace her without a court case all on it's own. For one it sounds like an unconstitutional bill of attainder.
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